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Stumbling: Chapter 14

Pairing: Raihan X Reader X Leon

Your life hadn’t gone exactly as you planned…

This is why when an old rival walks into the coffee shop you work at he gives you an offer you just can’t refuse. Finally, a chance at the League. Suddenly you are thrust into the spotlight and a world you thought you had left behind. Dreams aren’t always what they are cracked up to be though, especially when you find yourself the tangled up with the champion and a certain gym leader.

Has all your dreams come true?

Or is this your worst nightmare?

Masterlist

Chapter 14: Dangerous You and Raihan stumble out of the tent in a blind panic and you see…

Nothing.

You both blink as you watch Leon swat at the sky as if something is swooping down, but you don’t see anything.

“Uhh… Lee?” you question.

Leon turns to you both, fear in his eyes as he yells, “Look out!”

You furrow your brow before something hits you square in the stomach, knocking you to the ground. You land with an ‘oomph’ as the air is knocked from your lungs. Raihan shouts your name in surprised panic before he’s thrown away from you. You watch as if in slow motion as Leon attempts to rush to you, and yet he can’t seem to get to you. Before you even realize what is happening, you look down in surprise to see you are floating. The weightlessness that takes over your body startles you and you begin to thrash in the air. Your eyes become heavy as sudden drowsiness takes over your mind. The last thing you see before you slip into unconsciousness is Raihan and Leon fending off an invisible force, desperation in their eyes.

You blink away the darkness as you open your eyes. Giggles can be heard all around you even though you can’t see anything. “Who’s there?” you call out struggling to get to your feet. You reach for your team only to discover they aren’t on your belt. Fear takes over as you look around. Floating before you are your friends, still locked in their Pokéballs. Blinking in confusion, you reach to take Serenity’s Pokéball only to yelp as it shoots up out of your reach.

“Huh?” You gaze up into the sky and watch as your team bounces around as if something is taunting you. You sigh, “Ghost Pokémon…”

The giggles get louder before four forms fade into view in front of you. A Gastly, Haunter, Shuppet, and Duskull.

“Yes…” you say clearly unamused at the ghosts floating before you, “you’re all very clever. Now please give me back my team.”

The Haunter that is floating before you giggles before he takes off between the two cliffs you were dropped next to. “Hey!” you yell as you rush after him, your Pokémon floating along behind him.

You run for a few minutes until you reach a small cliff overlooking the Wild Area. You gasp the moment you see what is unfolding a few hundred feet below you.

***

Leon swats at the Duskull as it swoops down, Charizard unleashing a flamethrower at the Haunter that attempted to swoop down and attack his trainer. The Haunter veers off to the left, cackling as he does so. Leon summons his Aegislash.

“Night slash!” Leon yells to his newly released companion.

Aegislash takes a stance before he unleashes a devastating attack.

“A little help would be ni-” Leon is cut off as he turns to Raihan and (Y/N), “Look out!”

He could see the Haunter that (Y/N) clearly couldn’t swoop down and ram directly into her stomach, knocking her to the ground. Stumbling back, Leon watches in abject horror as a Duskul throws a disoriented Raihan back and away from her. Leon struggles to get to her, but he can’t. Before he can untangle himself from the onslaught of ghost types, (Y/N) is lifted up into the air by the Haunter that attacked her before.

“(Y/N)!” Raihan yells as he struggles to get up, only to discover that a force has him pinned to the ground.

“Go after her!” Leon yells to Charizard.

Charizard snorts, smoke and embers exhaled from his nostrils in anger. He spreads his wings and takes off only to be engaged in combat by a slew of Gastly. Calling out his Dragapult, Leon commands him to use Phantom Force to help Raihan.

The ghost dragon unleashes an attack at the Duskull holding Raihan captive with its psychic powers. Once Raihan is released he jumps to his feet, rage evident on his face, and he unleashes Goodra and Flygon. The two dragons sensing their trainer’s anger don’t hold back as they attack the Pokémon surrounding them.

Then just as suddenly as they all arrived, the Ghost Pokémon disperse, leaving the battle just as mysteriously as they came.

Leon and Raihan pant, attempting to catch their breath before they glance over at one another in confusion before nodding with determination in their eyes.

“We have to find her,” Raihan growls.

“Let’s go,” Leon agrees before both men and their Pokémon rush in the direction they saw you carried off.

***

You gasp as you blink down at the sight before you. Pokémon thieves are rounding up Dreepy and Drakloak by the dozens. You watch in horror as they use whips to herd them into rings where they begin throwing blackened Pokéballs at them. You’ve never seen anything like this before and it makes your stomach turn.

After about half an hour of watching, all the Pokémon have been captured and placed into bags. By this time the sun has set and shadows have grown longer and darker. The thieves are now sitting around a fire preparing dinner and lounging after a hard day of rounding up Pokémon like they are nothing.

Sitting in the dark you contemplate the situation you are in and what you can do about it.

“I need to find he-LP!” You yelp as you are picked up by the Haunter that carried you here. “Hey! Put me down!” you whisper yell at the Pokémon, who only ignores you.

Dropping you into camp unceremoniously, you are momentarily stunned by the fall. You rush to find cover in the shadows of nearby boulders. Realizing with dread that they still hadn’t given you your team back, so now you are left pretty much defenseless against the pokemon thieves that are also trying to capture you.

“Oh… dear…” you mutter as you try to keep yourself from panicking. It seems you’ve been doing that a lot lately.

A few feet from you there are about 4 bags filled with the captured pokemon. Suddenly, you realize that you are the help and decide that you have no choice but to do what you can. Rushing over to the bags, you open it and begin to let the Dreepy and Dragpult out. You hush them as they begin to float off into the darkness. You are about halfway through the second bag when a shout echoes in the ravine.

“Hey! How are those Dreepy escaping?”

Your eyes widen as a strangled gasp escapes your lips. You try to rush into the shadows and boulders to the left, but you aren’t quick enough.

“And just where do you think you’re going?” a deep sinister voice asks from behind you.

You whip around just as a pair of hands clamp onto your arms and throw you to the ground.

“No!” you yelp feeling helpless and scared.

“Tie her up, let’s see what the boss has to say about this,” says the ring leader.

You struggle as you are bound and gagged before being thrown over the man’s shoulder like a sack of potatoes. Your only hope at this point is Raihan and Leon, and you hope they find you soon.

***

Leon and Raihan rush down the path looking for any sign of (Y/N) with Charizard, Dragapult, and Flygon in the air scouting the area. However, as the canyon they have found themselves in becomes darker, the more distraught they become.

“Where could they have taken her?!” Raihan practically roars in frustration. He feels like a failure and honestly he’s angrier with himself than anyone else right now. How could he let this happen?

“How am I supposed to know!?” Leon yells back.

“Well if you had been quicker!” Raihan snaps.

“What are you talking about?! You were right next to her! You let them take her!” Leon retorts, anger clouding his words.

Raihan growls, “I couldn’t see anything. I didn’t even know what was happening, and I did try to get to her!” Guilt encompasses him as he recalls the look of fear on her face as she was thrown away from him.

“Not fast enough,” is Leon’s icy retort.

“Don’t forget, oh great Champion, you let her down too.” Raihan’s words are like bullets as they pierce Leon’s heart. He knows he failed her like he’s done so many times before.

“I know I did… But that’s why we’re going to get her back!” Leon glares at the space ahead of him as he rushes after Charizard, determination blazing in his eyes.

The Pokemon scouting the area raise their noses in the air before they circle over a particular spot and the guys rush forward. Raihan suddenly grabs the back of Leon’s shirt to keep him from running full force into the middle of the camp. The fire illuminates the people surrounding it, their uniforms are familiar to the duo. It is Team Domino, the thieves after (Y/N) that have been causing so much trouble all over Galar.

“It’s Team Domino!” Whisper yells Raihan.

“Are they behind this? Is this an attempt at abducting (Y/N)?” Leon asks, anger tinting his question.

“If they are, they are done for,” Raihan growls.

The duo nod at one another before they turn back to observing the camp.

The men watch the camp, looking for any sign of (Y/N), they squat in the darkness listening as intently as possible for any clue you might be there.

“Whoa… What is that?” Raihan questions as he points into the air.

“Huh?” Leon looks up and against the darkness of the sky is a figure floating down that looks somewhat familiar.

“No way…”

“Couldn’t be…”

It is though. Dropping out of their sight a moment later behind the tents. Both men just blink as they attempt to understand what is happening.

“Did Ghost-type Pokémon just… take her?” starts Leon.

“And then drop her here?” Finishes Raihan.

“We’re going to have to find a way to get her out of that camp,” Leon asserts as he returns to observing the camp. He’s tense from the possibility she might be caught already.

Raihan watches with bated breath for a few moments, waiting for a call to go up in the camp. When a few minutes have passed and there is no sign that they found her, they relax slightly as they try to figure out what to do. Their reprieve doesn’t last long, as a yell goes up through the camp and clearly she has been found. They don’t hesitate as they unleash their teams and begin to fight their way through the campsite to get to her.

Leon unleashes Charizard and Haxorus, while Raihan sends out Duraludon and Flygon. The camp is in absolute chaos as most of Team Domino release their own Pokémon to start battling Galar’s strongest trainers. Dragapult, Gyrados, Drapion, and Gengar begin their attack. Flygon and Charizard are instantly dodging a Hydro Pump from Gyarados flying high into the sky only to be pursued by a Dragapult releasing Dragon Breath. Meanwhile, Drapion and Gengar engage Haxorus and Duraludon, the poisoned pair attacking with a combination of toxic and then hex hitting Haxorus spot on. Not to be outdone, Duraludon unleashes his Stone Edge attack only to be hit with Cross Poison from Drapion. Everything comes to a complete stop though when the leader rounds the corner and there you are a Syther with a blade to your throat.

“Call off your Pokémon, or the girl is dead,” he growls.

Both men freeze as they regard the man before them. He isn’t the same one from before, so it’s likely he has no idea who you are. That his very boss wanted you for his own devices and therefore he wouldn’t hesitate to kill you.

“Charizard... Haxorus… stand down…” Leon growls agitation at the situation obvious.

“Flygon! Duraludon! You too…” Raihan relents an edge to his voice promising pain to the man if he hurts you.

Your eyes are wide and wild with fear and they can hardly stand to see you like this, especially when they are now so helpless.

***

“Take their team and tie them up! We’ve got the Champ and the lead gym leader boys! Who else can say ‘bonus?!’” he cackles as he slings you back over his shoulder and saunters away.

You’re thrown into a tent by yourself and cringe when you hear the boisterous celebratory voices outside. Each one congratulating the other on their win. You take deep steadying breaths trying to calm down and think of a way out of this. You have no idea what to do. Your hands are bound behind your back, your feet are tied together and there is a gag over your mouth. You close your eyes as defeat swims in your veins. Vaguely you wonder if this is it?

‘This is how I’m captured by them… This is how I become their prisoner… Their trainer? Will they try to hurt Leon and Raihan? How could I drag them into this?’

Tears well up in your eyes and silently you cry as you allow, just for a moment, the emotions to overwhelm you.

‘Will I ever see them again?’

You don’t know how much time has passed before you see it. A small figure floating in front of you. Your eyes widen as you gaze back at the small gray Pokémon before you. A Shuppet gazes back at you with large inquisitive eyes. Blinking your croak out a quiet ‘Hi’ internally cringing at your hoarse voice from crying.

The Shuppet coos at you before it giggles and vanishes.

“Wait!” You exclaim quietly, your cry muffled by the gag in your mouth, but it seems to be gone. Curling back into yourself you lay on the ground trying to figure a way out is this when a commotion outside startles you. You can hear yells and the angry roars of Pokémon in battle as the darkness outside of your tent is suddenly illuminated by a flame. You’re startled when the tent catches fire and your muffled screams seem to go unnoticed by everyone outside. You can’t breathe and your screams slowly turn into coughs and gasps.

As the tent burns and the flames become hotter you shimmy farther back into the tent and close your eyes. Suddenly something cold envelopes you and you roll from the tent into the cool night coughing and gagging on the smoke still filling your lunges. The ropes on your hands are slashed as well as the ones on your feet. Your free hands immediately go to gag and you yank it down taking in your first breath of fresh air. Your gaze finds the wild Dragapult now in front of you with the Shuppet from earlier floating along beside the devious Pokémon.

“Thank you…” you gasp out.

The Dragapult nods before it vanishes into the night leaving you and the Shuppet alone.

The small ghost-like puppet gazes up at you innocently, blinking in curiosity as it coos at you again.

“Hey! What are you doing?!” Yells a man from the shadows a Liepard crouched down beside him.

“Run!” You yell as you take off in the opposite direction. The Shuppet is frozen in fear as it takes in the Dark Type Pokémon before it. Without thinking you swoop down and scoop up the ghost into your arms as you take off. Your opponents rush after you yelling for backup. You scream as another one pops out of the shadows and in the chaos you can’t really see where Leon and Raihan are, but you can tell by the roars of Charizard that he is angry and all that stands in his way will pay.

***

Their Pokémon are taken from them and the girl they love held hostage. It is safe to say that Leon and Raihan are not having a very good night. The sound of the thieves boasting about their success makes their insides twist. Both men are angry and silent which does not bode well for the group holding them all hostage.

“We have to figure a way out of this…” Leon growls.

“Yes… thank you great Champion! I had no idea that’s what needs to happen!”

Leon glares at Raihan, “Listen I just wanted to know if you had any ideas, you don’t have to be a dick. This situation is bad enough with your shit.”

Raihan scoffs but doesn’t meet Leon’s eyes, “I know… I’m just worried that something is happening to her and I can’t help her.”

Leon’s eyes soften as he regards his best friend, “I know… me too… I’ll never forgive myself if they do something to her. What’s the use of being Champion if I can’t even protect the woman I love…”

Raihan regards him for a moment, “Love huh? How long?”

“I don’t know… I liked her when we were kids, but this is different…”

“It’s intense, huh?” Raihan asks, holding his friends gaze.

“So you too?”

Raihan nods, “She just… makes me want to be better you know? When we first started out it was just an attraction. I liked her but now after the things we’ve been through together I-”

“Yeah, man… I know what you mean…” Leon doesn’t want to hear how much his friend loves her as well. He doesn’t want to acknowledge that she could choose someone else. That she could choose his best friend over him…

“It’s going to suck when she chooses....” Raihan mutters lost in thoughts of how likely it is she would choose him. She has a history with Leon that she doesn’t have with him and vaguely he wonders how much that hurts his chances.

Their conversation is cut short by a voice outside of the tent.

“Someone get the boss on the phone! He’s been looking for a chance to take out that chump of a champ and that dragon asshole for a while now. Sounded personal! Probably has something to do with that take over he’s planning for the Finals.”

They share a glance with narrowed eyes.

“I thought it had to do with that girl… you know the one right?” Interjects a jealous female voice. It’s low and sultry there is a bite in her tone and the way she spits out ‘that girl’ indicates her feelings about her.

“Girl!? What girl!?” The boss yells.

“Don’t you pay attention to anything!?” She yells, “that girl that’s part of his plan! He wants her for… something… he won’t say though…”

She almost pouts at the last bit of information, even if the poison in her words is still audible.

“Boss! He’s on the phone!” The leader is suddenly quiet and the faint sound of “Yes, boss,” could be heard every now and again.

“Round up the champ and gym leader, there are about to be some open positions in the league,” he yells laughing.

Leon and Raihan allow themselves to be dragged to their feet by the two men who come to get them. They are practically thrown into the open ring surrounded by the group of thieves.

“Boss says you two are in the way… kept talking about some girl and how you’re too close to her. You see… the Boss doesn’t like competition, so we’ve been tasked with taking care of the competition. There is a nice river that should do just fine…” he says menacingly.

Of course, they should have known that Leon and Raihan wouldn’t take a death sentence sitting down.

With a flash of light, there is a roar of anger from Charizard and Duraludon as they break free from their Pokéballs followed quickly by the rest of their teams. Leon throws his head back into his captor’s face effectively breaking his nose while Raihan rams his entire body weight into his taking them both to the ground. A familiar Charmander is beside Raihan slashing the ropes binding him. Raihan jumps to his feet and punches the nearest man while Charmander helps Leon as well.

“Go find her Zuko, she needs you! We’ll be right behind you!” Leon tells the fire lizard.

“We have some unfinished business…” Raihan growls cracking his knuckles as he regards the man before him.

Zuko nods before he scurries off into the night looking for his captured trainer.

Leon turns just in time to block a punch from the leader and throw a right punch, hitting him square in the jaw. He curses as he stumbles back. The two strongest teams in Galar don’t need much help taking out their opponents and soon the thieves are starting to retreat.

***

Stumbling through the canyon you run clutching the small ghost in your arms. A small group of thieves and their Pokémon are quickly gaining on you. Two Leipards and two Croagunks send out attacks causing the rock and dirt around you to explode in a fury of attacks. Determination takes over as you dodge another attack and squeal as a stream of poison flies over your head. You leap over the steaming puddle of toxins, tripping on the loose rock as you land before leaping back onto your feet.

It isn’t long until you come to a dead end. A cliff juts up trapping you into the cavern. You turn with your eyes wild with fear and adrenaline coursing through your veins as you regard your opponents, now casually walking closer to you, confident in their victory. The Liepard are on either side of you crouched low to the ground and the Croagunk giggle as they taunt you.

“Get her!” Yells one of the grunts just as a fireball rains down from the sky and lands directly between you and your attackers. Zuko and Echo drop down in front of you, ready to attack.

“Oh? The girlie has some friends… this is going to be fun..” he snarls, “Crunch!”

“Zuko! Fire Fang! Echo! Air Cutter!”

Zuko rushes forward at the same time that the Liepard does, flames already igniting in his jaws making him glow ominously as he charges forward. The Liepard leaps forward gracefully and they both collide latching onto one another. Zuko is thrown off at the same time that a Croagunk unleashes his toxin. Zuko is thrown back but quickly right himself ready to defend his trainer.

Echo swoops down and unleashes an air cutter before dodging a dark slash. Flying up higher to evade the attack quickly Echo lets out an ear-piercing screech before unleashing a gust of wind. The Liepard and Croagunk pair attacking him is thrown back and into a wall.

“Echo! Focus on the Croagunk!” You tell.

Echo nods before unleashing a biting wind.

“Razor wind…” you mutter gazing in awe up at your tiny dragon. “Zuko! Look out!”

The Liepard is now focusing all of their attacks at Zuko who is having a hard time keeping up with the agile cats.

“Flamethrower!” You yelp right before he is thrown back into your arms throwing you back into the wall behind you with a grunt. You catch the small fire-lizard holding him to you as he tries to free himself from your grip. You collapse to the ground holding him, mentally begging for the strength to get through this.

“It’s okay Zuko… you can do this…” you whisper to him with tears in your eyes. “I believe in you…”

Zuko gazes up into your eyes and a moment later a bright light emits from the tiny Charmander in your grasp. You feel the tiny body grow as the light dims, and when the light fades completely you gasp: Zuko has evolved into a Charmeleon. He stands before his opponents with renewed confidence. He lets out a roar before unleashing a Flamethrower at his opponents. It catches them off guard and they are thrown back.

The pair of Leipards growl at their evolved opponent before leaping forward slashing Zuko. He leaps out of the way before unleashing another attack. You know he can’t keep this up forever, but you need to buy some time.

Echo is dodging the onslaught of toxins with an impressive display of acrobatics, but you know this isn’t enough. You are outnumbered and outmatched, the only thing you can hope for is that Leon and Raihan find you soon.

***

Leon delivers one final punch to the man, effectively knocking him unconscious. Raihan has just finished tying up the leader and a few of his lackeys that they had defeated. A few had run off when the tide of the battle had turned. Very few are a match for the sheer power of Galar’s strongest trainers.

Raihan glances up as he sees Serenity bouncing up and down before him. Nobody is quite sure where (Y/N)’s Pokémon had come from, but they weren’t going to question it.

“You know where she is?” Raihan asks.

Serenity nods before whipping one of her tentacles down onto the head of the leader, moreson in vengeance for her trainer than anything, as he was about to return to consciousness. Serenity glowers at the man and hits him one more time for good measure.

“Let’s go then,” Leon says as he walks up to the pair.

Serenity is hopping off down a trail with Raihan and Leon following close behind. The trio rushes through the canyon side-stepping the toxic remains of the attack.

Serenity doesn’t even pause as she comes across a fork in the path veering off down the right. Charizard is sailing through the air and the moment he hears something he takes off down the path. Serenity thrills and Charizard roars back in response diving low enough for her to leap up onto his back. The pair fly off down the path leaving Leon and Raihan running along behind. Sharing a glance, no words are needed as Raihan releases Flygon and Leon releases Dragapult before following after.

They are enraged at the sight before them. Huddled against the canyon wall is (Y/N), a beaten Charmeleon barely standing before her with Echo, her Noibat, flapping wildly and sending out screeches in a desperate attempt to keep their attackers at bay. The small puppet-like ghost still clutched in her hands is sending out attacks to keep the Leipards and Croagunk at bay. It isn’t enough though, and slowly, they are closing in. The lackeys just laugh as they watch her desperately try to defend herself and her Pokémon. She cries out as a Liepard slashes her arm as she throws herself in front of Zuko.

Charizard lands just as the Leipards leap forward to land the finishing blow. Charizard bats them away like they are nothing. He lets out a stream of fire so hot they could feel the heat from several yards away. He snorts, flames mixed with the smoking rage radiating like flames off of him. The lackeys exclaim in surprise and fear as they stumble back.

“It’s the Champ’s Charizard!”

“Shit! We gotta get out of here!”

The group turns to run only to stop in their tracks. Standing behind them are Leon and Raihan, their Pokémon posed to attack.

“So… you think it’s funny to trap a woman in a canyon alone and taunt her as you beat up on her and her Pokémon while she’s outnumbered?” Leon asks a hard glint in his eyes. “What do you think we should do with them Raihan?”

Raihan looks downright feral as he regards the thieves before him with a snarl, “I think we should return the favor…”

They didn’t stand a chance…

***

Blinking in confusion, you watch as Leon and Raihan destroy the group in front of you. The raw power that radiates off of them and their pokemon is a sight to behold and you can only pray that you become that powerful one day. Gazing in wonder at Charizard you pull Charmeleon back into your arms and praise him. He did so well defending you against the thieves but you are worried for your friend now. Serenity appears out of nowhere and throws herself into your arms with a chirp before regarding the beaten and battered Zuko in your lap.

“Can you help him? All of my supplies are back at camp,” you ask her.

She nods before she releases a healing pulse at Zuko causing him to stir. He remains asleep in your arms but looks far better than he did. At least at this point, you will have time to get him to a Pokémon center. Echo lands on your head and receives his own dose of Serenity’s healing pulse. He seems much happier now and remains happily perched on your shoulder with the Shuppet continuing to snuggle into your arms quite content where it is.

Suddenly you feel a pair of strong arms jerk you into a strong chest, before another pair wraps around your middle. Echo takes flight startled by the abrupt presence.

“Oh!” you exclaim as you attempt to pull yourself free from the duo startled by their rough affection. Shuppet wiggles itself free and floats near you as Leon and Raihan wrap themselves around you to the best of their ability.

“We were so worried…” gasps Leon. You feel tears on the top of your head as he just squeezes you tighter.

“We thought we were going to lose you…” whispers Raihan his words tinted with the fear they no doubt felt.

You relax in their hold and maneuver your arms so that you are grasping them back just as tightly.

“I was so scared…” you whisper, “I thought I would never see you guys again…”

The tears you had been holding at bay burst forth and the three of you collapse to the dirt floor of the canyon a tangle of limbs and tears as you all revel in each other. Resting your head on Raihan’s, you sigh in his familiar scent as Leon continues to run his hands up and down your back. Eventually, the three of you pull away from one another, slightly sore and stiff from the position you had all been in. Charizard and Flygon both rush towards you nuzzling you happily with Dragapult hovering happily near you as well.

“Hey, guys… I’m okay…” you whisper to them trying to soothe their anxiety. Even after they pull away Charizard shuffles restlessly and Flygon’s wings would randomly buzz sending out gusts of wind as they attempt to calm themselves.

“What happens now?” you ask as you glance at the duo. Raihan is sprawled out beside you, his hands on the grass holding himself up as he gazes up at the stars. Leon is pacing beside you clearly trying to calm himself down enough to think of the next step.

“We call the police and they arrest the ones we were able to tie up. Release the Pokémon that they captured and…”

“Keep going,” Raihan finishes for Leon. Even with the hard gaze from the battles he just fought and the adrenaline coursing through his body you can feel his worry for you.

Leon nods his agreement watching you warily, “We keep going…”

You nod as you regard your friends, the men who had become your strength and your greatest companions and you don’t feel as afraid as you once did.

“Okay…” you say softly as you go to stand up. Leon is by your side in a moment with Raihan standing quickly to help steady you as well.

“I’m okay… just shaky is all…” you whisper in answer to their concerned looks.

“We need to get you out of here…”

“I need to find my team too…” you say worry in your voice.

The Shuppet who had been floating near you lets out a chirp and rushes off down the path. You exchange a look with the guys and rush off after her.

Back at camp, you can see the ghost Pokemon that had asked for your help in the first place. You Pokémon are hovering over the bags of unreleased Pokémon and it’s pretty obvious what they want in exchange for your team.

“Okay, let’s release them while we wait for the police okay?”

Leon walks up to the leader and crouches down over his unconscious body before he digs a phone out of his front pocket. You watch as he dials the police while you and Raihan get to work releasing the dragons from their prison.

“This is disgusting…” Raihan growls picking up another Pokéball, “How dare they disrespect them like this…”

“I’m just happy we were able to rescue them…” you say softly, your hand resting on his. He catches your eye and nods before he turns his hand and captures yours in his. He squeezes your hand before he brings it up to his lips placing several soft kisses on the back of it. You blush and hide your smile before pulling your hand from his.

“Raihan….” you murmur embarrassed at his affection.

He chuckles lowly before he returns to his job of releasing the Pokemon. You aren’t surprised when one of the Dreepy hovers around him though. Raihan chuckles before placing the young Pokemon around his broad shoulders and letting it rest there.

You giggle as he yawns and curls happily around Raihan’s neck.

“I think you’ve made a friend…” you say softly.

“You have too,” he says, indicating the Shuppet that has remained by your side this entire time hovering around your legs.

You giggle as you look down at her and nod, “Indeed I have…”

Leon walks over after he is done talking to the police and begins to help.

“They are on their way now and should be here soon.”

“We’re going to have to give statements aren’t we?” you ask in annoyance.

“Yes, then we are heading to Hammerlocke so you can have Zuko and Echo looked at.”

“We can stay at my place and rest after you get them checked out.”

“Sounds perfect…” you mutter as you glance over at the sleeping Charmeleon. Leon had carried him to the camp when you all made your way back since you don’t have your Pokeballs back yet. Serenity is tending to him a few feet away while you all work.

You finish releasing the captured Pokemon just as the police arrive. The Haunter who had employed you to help release the Pokémon allow your friends to hover in the air before you. Plucking them all one by one out of the air you attach them back to your belt and call your friends who had managed to escape back into their homes.

The clean up of the thieves is a blur that you don’t want to relive. You tell them all that you know and despite their insistence that you should quit the competition for your own safety you refuse. You’ve come too far to allow a group of cowards to take your dream away from you. You recall the sheer power of Leon and Raihan. The power of their teams and just how in sync they were with them. You know that you need more training and that you can’t expect to be where you want to be overnight. And yet you know that you need to go somewhere you can focus.

The trip back to camp is bittersweet as you gaze around at the ruined food and remnants of the battle that took place here. The sun is beginning to rise as you pack up your things and call a taxi to take you to the city. Normally this wouldn’t be possible for a competitor but after the night you had, getting to the center and then getting some sleep somewhere safe is the most important thing on everyone’s mind.

Everyone drops their Pokémon off at the center in order to heal them. While you wait, Raihan heads off down the street to get food for everyone while you just slump against Leon. You are both grimy and covered in dirt, but neither of you can bring yourself to care.

“You did great out there, you know?” Leon asks as he gazes at you adoration clear in his eyes.

“Did I? I’m not so sure…” you don’t hold his gaze as you look at the light above the door.

“You were brave and did the best you could with what you had…”

“Leon, I-”

He hushes you before he brings you in for a soft kiss, his lips are soft against yours. It lasts for only a moment and if you hadn’t experienced it yourself then you wouldn’t even believe it happened. He pulls back with a proud smirk on his lips as he wraps an arm around your shoulders.

Just as the sun is peeking into the windows of the center the light goes off and you collect your Pokemon. Raihan sends you a message letting you know that he is home and waiting with food and beds for you both. Leon grasps your hand in his as you both make your way to Raihan’s house just down the street. He seems to want to take advantage of the quiet morning as the sun peaks over the horizon painting the sky pinks and oranges as a new day begins.

Exhaustion takes over the moment you get to Raihan’s place. You collapse on the couch and eat the breakfast sandwiches he had gotten for everyone. Before you are even done eating Raihan has passed out on his couch, his mouth open as light snores radiate from him. Your eyes droop shut as you curl up on the end and Leon uses the built-in recliner to stretch out. Before the sun has even fully made its way into the sky you are all out like a light.

Notes: A little longer to get out than I wanted, but things are starting to pick back up a little bit, not to mention this chapter was formatted a little differently. I hope you liked Leon and Raihan's moments. Please drop your love and tell me your thoughts! Special thanks to @SereneVellichor and @starssscary for helping to beta! This probably would have never gotten finished without them!

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